Poll and survey tools collect, collate and report data thus providing educators with an efficient means of getting student feedback. The form could be as simple as one question or a more detailed response covering many questions. There are a variety of options in setting up the questioning, but commonly once completed the form is submitted, the response is added to the collected responses and an updated result summary displayed to the user. A teacher may use this to gather student opinion, evidence of prior knowledge or feedback on lesson understanding. There are four good web 2 tools for this purpose, each may suit a different person depending on their needs..

Like the other tools, Survey Monkeyprovides unlimited surveys with the free version limited to 12 questions and 100 responses per poll / survey. It has the ability to password protect access to the poll and the ability to limit the number of responses per computer.

The educational value of a survey is dependent on the type of questions asked, the following available question types allow teachers to go beyond simple recall. Using these tools in this way enables teachers to access many of the benefits of a Student Response System without the cost.

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The survey may be embedded in a web pages as has been done here or accessed via a web link like this: Collaboration Survey
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

Other Poll - Survey tools

Zoomerang - unlimited polls, 12 questions & 100 responses per poll / survey

Poll Daddy - unlimited polls, 10 questions & 100 responses per month / survey

Poll Everywhere - unlimited polls, 40 responses per poll, not a survey tool as it is designed for live audience survey use with one question per PowerPoint slide,can vote with phones or on the web.

Text the Mob takes input from mobile phones and projects a live poll update. Their Free plan allows 3 questions and up to 50 participants per question.

Kwik Surveysgives an unlimited number of questions, answers and surveys and it's completely free. Appears to have all the functionality of its competitors.